Essential Qualification

Interested candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree with at
least one of the subjects namely Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science,
Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology or a
Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry or in Engineering of any of
Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India
or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or
declared to be deemed as a University under Section 3 of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Selection
Procedure

Selection of candidates for all the posts would be made on
the basis of the performance of the eligible candidates in the following:

·Civil Services
(Preliminary) Examination (Objective type) for the selection of candidates for
the Indian Forest Service (Main) Examination; and

·Indian Forest Services
(Main) Examination (Written and Interview) for the selection of candidates for
the Indian Forest Service.

Preliminary Examination

·The examination will
have two papers of 200 marks each

·It will consist of
objective type (multiple choice questions).

·The General Studies
Paper-II is of qualifying nature with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33%.

·Question papers will
be set in English and Hindi.

·Each paper will be of
2 hours duration.

Main Examination

S.No.

Paper

Marks

1

Paper I—General English

300

2

Paper II—General Knowledge

300

3

Paper III- Optional Subject I
(Paper I)

200

4

Paper IV- Optional Subject I
(Paper II)

200

5

Paper V- Optional Subject II
(Paper I)

200

6

Paper VI- Optional Subject II
(Paper II)

200

7

Personality Interview

300

·Question papers will
be of conventional (essay) type.

·Duration for each
paper: 3 hours

·Question paper will be
set in English and Hindi.

List of Optional Subjects for Mains Examination

·Agriculture

·Agricultural
Engineering

·Animal Husbandry &
Veterinary Science

·Botany (v) Chemistry

·Chemical Engineering

·Civil Engineering

·Forestry

·Geology

·Mathematics

·Mechanical Engineering

·Physics

·Statistics

·Zoology

However, the candidates will not be allowed to offer the
following combination of subjects: